School of Writing - Drama Writing Certificate Program (Writing for the Stage)

Who Can Attend

Anyone interested in cinema, television series and literature who wishes to write critically. There are no prerequisites; attentive viewing/reading and a willingness to write are sufficient.

Duration of Training

14 weeks - 3 hours per week

Training Fee

12,000₺ (3 instalments available with Word, Bonus, Paraf and Maksimum cards)

Application Deadline

Training Venue

IZU Halkalı Campus
Training Days and Hours

This is a workshop that teaches ways of watching a work attentively — a film, a series or a literary work — analysing it and evaluating it with sound reasoning. Over twenty-eight weeks, participants learn analytical viewing, the language of cinema, genre and auteur theory, and ideology and representation; they write regularly, revise their work and produce a final critical essay.

Each week consists of three stages: a short theoretical introduction, a workshop exercise (writing or analysis) and peer critique. The extended fourteen-week schedule gives each concept room to breathe; it includes separate production and critique weeks at regular intervals as well as in-depth revision cycles. The emphasis is not on memorisation but on production, repetition and thinking together.

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Osman Özdemir
• Dr. Lect. Necmettin Özmen
• and guest critics

For certification: attendance at at least 80% of the sessions; completion of the weekly analysis/writing assignments; submission and presentation of the final critical essay. Those who fulfil these requirements receive a Certificate of Achievement; those who meet only the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Participation.

Final Project

A full critical essay (approximately 1,500-2,500 words) on a film, series or literary work, meeting the criteria of thesis, evidence and style.

• IZUSEM reserves the right to make any changes it deems necessary during the announcement and implementation stages of its programmes.
• As the quota for this program is limited, participants who have been granted definite registration by İZÜSEM and who have paid for the training program will not receive any refund, regardless of whether or not they attend the program, except for those who submit a written application to İZÜSEM stating that they will be unable to attend up to 2 weeks before the program's start date (and before the program is approved by the relevant department).
• Weekday and weekend training groups will be determined according to the number of participants during the final registration period.
• This program is an independent certificate workshop; it does not carry university course credits (ECTS).